Re:Apple Vision Pro available in the U.S. on February 2
by goosedragons on Monday January 08, 2024 @11:33AM
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How many months did it take for Apple to lower the price of the iPhone to $400 and drop the 4GB model again? Or did they do that out of the goodness of their hearts?
Re:Apple Vision Pro available in the U.S. on February 2
by scarface_74 on Monday January 08, 2024 @05:49PM
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$400 was still more than the “free” phones that carriers were giving away and it’s my understanding that in the rest of the world, most people still have to drop the cash for the total cost of the phone
Re:Apple Vision Pro available in the U.S. on February 2
by goosedragons on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @08:29AM
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You don't slash the price of something selling within your expectations after a few months. And you know that crummy $0 free on contract phones weren't the competitor to the iPhone. It was $400 on contract smartphones like the Palm Treo 750 or Cingular 8525, actually comparable devices.
Re:Apple Vision Pro available in the U.S. on February 2
by scarface_74 on Wednesday January 10, 2024 @05:11AM
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And you still ignored the rest of my point. Today in 2024, most of the world is paying full price for their phones up front. Apple is competing in a market where you can buy an Android for tenth of the price . Yet, Apple is selling enough iPhones to make it one of the most valuable companies in the world
Even the high end iPads are about 10x as expensive as a Fire Tablet.
The original iPhone was unsubsidized at $700 compared to “free” phones and was laughed at by Balmer for that very reason.